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Jacob’s Ladder from reclaimed materials at the Spark Museum

February 15, 2012

Bill Englander is an out-of-the-box tinkerer. His most recent project was building a Jacob’s Ladder for the newly rebranded Spark Museum in Bellingham. We will just let Bill tell you in his own words below the video… As a boy, I had two grandfathers who each taught me the fine art of tinkering and repair.  [...]

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Used Door Rewards And Aligned Design

November 12, 2011

The residents of Bellingham, Washington are passionate about using the most of what one has, while having less of an impact on the environment around them. Paul Haskins and Alaine Borgias, owners of the successful Adventures NW magazine, know firsthand about choosing options that conserve both resources and money. These native Bellingham folk live in [...]

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Keeping Spirit of Historic Neighborhood: Row House Café

November 2, 2011

Located in South Lake Union’s Cascade neighborhood in Seattle, the Row House Café offers a comforting sense of nostalgia in appearance and atmosphere and is known among its customers as the “neighborhood living room.” Originally built in 1904 as three row houses that offered work force housing, the structure has since been redeveloped into the [...]

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Kids, cafe’s, community centers and creative reuse

October 17, 2011

Hedy Hanni had a crazy idea when she was 19. “I wanted to open up an artisan cafe when I was 19 in Chicago, where I grew up.” She now is the proud owner of the newly-opened Time In Play Cafe on Holly Street in Bellingham, with a brightly day-lit cafe in the front, a [...]

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Cyndy’s House of Pancakes Salvage Treasures

October 6, 2011

Long time, iconic Cyndy’s House of Pancakes on Aurora at 105th in Seattle sadly closed its doors this summer.  News reports say that it is closing after 58 years of service due to the building being demolished to make way for a new multi-story, mixed-use building – and that there should be a space in [...]

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Moving and restoring a historic building on San Juan Island

August 3, 2011

When the historic Churchill House of Friday Harbor was about to meet its fate with demolition in 2005, Lynn Danaher came to the rescue. She saw the house had potential in serving Friday Harbor with many more glorious years, as it has since 1892. N.E. Churchill and Sarah Jane McKay Churchill, his wife, originally occupied [...]

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Reclaimed Wood + Old Hardware + Vintage Ads = Cabin Art

June 23, 2011

While living out on Camano Island, Mike Scarce has perfected his hobby of making what he calls “Cabin Art”. These pieces fit into any rustic hideaway’s art collection. His materials include: reclaimed wood, salvaged wood boxes, used cabinet doors, old address numbers and letters, old wire, fasteners and nails, and ads that are collected from [...]

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Whisper your recycling and reuse resolutions in The RE Store’s recently acquired confessional booth

December 15, 2010

This white oak confessional was originally built in 1885-90 for Saint Providence Hospital (Providence Hospital today). It was then moved in October of 1908 for the opening of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Parish, in the University District of Seattle. The RE Store’s salvage crew carefully removed it in pieces from its recent location – as robes [...]

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Finding the beauty in the wood

March 22, 2010

Pat Contor loves old wood. He also has a connoisseur’s taste for old hand saws. Pat’s works as a school psychologist and his main hobby takes the form of building furniture for his home in Bellingham, Washington. His attention to details like dovetail joints and bringing the beauty of wood grain into his functional designs [...]

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1920′s bungalow restoration

March 22, 2010

By Mike and Becky Schindler We bought a 1920′s bungalow years ago here in Broadway Park, Bellingham.  As our restorations continue, we are reminded daily of how valuable The RE Store has been for us through this process.  To date, every room in our home has benefited from the store. One of our first projects [...]

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